The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Government of Brazil have initiated a technical cooperation project to strengthen agro-environmental policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

The project, with a budget of US$300,000 provided by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Fund, aims to document, systematize and validate successful ecologically-based agricultural policies and practices from Brazil and other LAC countries, and to promote the exchange of lessons learned and dialogue about plans, programmes and policies that can be adapted and implemented by LAC countries.